Healthy Origins - Vitamin D3 5000 IU - 120 Softgels

Healthy Origins Vitamin D3 5,000 IU softgels are encapsulated in a base of pure cold pressed olive oil for maximum absorption. Healthy Origins Vitamin D3 is free of sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, barley, fish, shellfish, nuts, tree nuts, egg and dairy products. No preservatives, artificial colors or artificial flavors.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin necessary to help support the growth, development, and maintenance of bones and teeth in both adults and children. It is also required for calcium and phosphorous absorption and utilization. In its active form, vitamin D works with calcium to help control bone formation by helping to regulate calcium levels in the blood. Vitamin D’s influence on the key biological functions vital to one’s health and well-being mandates that vitamin D no longer be ignored by the health care industry nor by individuals striving to achieve and maintain a greater state of health.

• Two High Potency Vitamin D3 products from Healthy Origins - 1,200 IU & 2,400 IU
• Vitamin D3 is encapsulated in a base of pure cold pressed olive oil for maximum absorption

Why Vitamin D3 and not Vitamin D2?
Not all forms of vitamin D work equally well in humans. Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) should be used in preference to vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol), researchers said in a study published in the October, 2006, issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vitamin D2 has been predominantly used in North America for vitamin D
supplements, but Houghton, LA and Vieth, R, authors of the study from Acadia University said that an increasing body of evidence suggests that vitamin D3 has a greater bio-efficacy. In this study the authors also claimed vitamin D2 is inferior to vitamin D3 because vitamin D2 in synthetic form is less stable and has more impurities, which could potentially lead to a high risk of toxicity.

Healthy Origins is your best choice for lanolin derived D3 for high potency vitamin D supplements.

About Healthy Origins
Healthy Origins was founded in 1996 with a simple but challenging mission statement: "to provide a healthy value from reliable origins." Healthy Origins is a Pittsburgh based manufacturer of nutritional supplements. They provide top quality products from some of the most reputable suppliers in the world. Most of their active ingredients are patented branded ingredients manufactured by reputable suppliers who are leaders in their respective fields.

Quality
Their products are developed with their own custom formulations and are manufactured with strict compliance to the FDA mandated cGMP guidelines. Healthy Origins product labels disclose all ingredients used in the formulation. They use no hidden fillers, binders or coatings that could diminish the bioavailability or integrity of their products.